An exploration of how computers and information technology have impacted us in ways we have long identified and in ways we have yet to discover. This computers and ethics textbook was developed from extensive course notes written by Philip Pecorino, Ph.D. from Queensborough Community College.

Table of Contents for Computers and Ethics Textbook

Introduction

Computers and Ethics

Ethics

Overview

Case Presentation

Basis for Morality

Becoming Moral

Relativism

Ethical Theory

Egoism

Utility

Divine Command

Natural Law

Categorical Imperative

Rawls

Post Modern: Existentialism

Post Modern: Feminism

Post Modern: Virtue Theory

Relativism Revisited

Deciding: Dialectic Process

Questions

Law: Free Speech and Censorship

Intellectual Property

Privacy

Secrecy and Security

Crime and Misbehavior

Information Technology and Accountability

Computing and Information Technology as Professions and Professional Codes

Social Change

Political Change

Artificial Intelligence: Computers and Being Human

Note: With the exception of Chapter 3, all of the chapters are further broken down into an Overview, Case Presentation, Presentation of Issues, Cases, Questions and Resources.